Vegan Rosemary White Bean Dip

Sorry folks, for two days of no posts. But yesterday was my holiday from work (no work, yahoo!) so I decided to take a blog holiday, as well. I do hope you understand.

Better late than never, though.

I hope that everyone had a great weekend and Valentine’s Day, spending it with someone(s) you love. I did! My boyfriend and I took a trip to my parents’ house to spend the long weekend. Even though we didn’t really celebrate V-Day, per se, the boyfriend and I made a huge dinner for my parents and extended family on Sunday night. I absolutely love making food for others (and impressing) with healthy foods. It’s great to see others enjoy meals that are not bathed in butter or sugar or flour. Having family members ask, “Now, how did you make this again? It’s great! But there’s not dairy in it??” is exciting.

*On a side note, she has a new book out on April 1st of this year! Ani’s Raw Food Essentials. You can even pre-order now.

Back to the ganache fudge cake… Mine did not look pretty. In fact, it looked extremely ugly. But it tasted SO GOOD. Fun to make too! Everyone really enjoyed the cake, and were impressed with the frosting, since it is made from avocados.

Put the beans in your food processor with 1 clove of garlic, rosemary, half of the lemon juice, and a healthy pinch of salt. Turn the machine on, and add the 1/4 cup olive oil in a steady stream through the feed tube; process until the mixture is smooth. Taste, and add more garlic and lemon if you like; then, puree the mixture again.

Roasted Garlic Sweet Potatoes Mash
Ingredients:

4 large sweet potatoes or yams

1 head garlic

extra virgin olive oil

1/3 cup almond milk

salt and pepper to taste

Individually wrap each potato in aluminum foil and place in 425 degree oven until tender, about 1 hour. At half way done, start the roasting the garlic. Chop the top of the garlic clove off, revealing most of the cloves. Cover in aluminum foil, drizzling garlic with olive oil. Bake the covered garlic with the potatoes for the remaining 30 minutes, or until the garlic is soft.
Remove the potatoes and garlic from the oven and unwrap to cool slightly. Slice the potatoes into smaller pieces and place in a large bowl. Remove the garlic from its outter skin by squishing from the bottom. Into the bowl of potatoes goes the garlic, almond milk, salt and pepper. Mash all with a potato masher. Taste, adjust, and eat.

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From overweight to underweight.
Eating disorder to healthy thinking.
Depressed to centered and happy.
Vegan to Paleo.
Cardio queen to weight lifting hero.
I've experienced the spectrum and enjoying blogging about it all!